Florist Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 87,000 florists can be found working in the US. Recent data shows that compared to other careers this occupation has a low level of unemployment. Employees without jobs represent 4% of the total.

Area Job Conditions

The most jobs per capita are found in Pocatello (Idaho), Idaho Falls (Idaho), and Goldsboro (North Carolina), and the least jobs per capita are found in McAllen (Texas), Honolulu (Hawaii), and Oakland (California).

The salary for this career is highest in San Jose (California), Newark (New Jersey), and Oakland (California) and lowest in Goldsboro (North Carolina), McAllen (Texas), and Decatur (Alabama).

Training and Education

Most people pursuing this career path get moderate-term on-the-job training. Among florists, 55% have a four year degree. Some 31% of workers started college but did not get a four year degree. A high school diploma was enough for 14% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Florists in part-time roles are about 17% of the total. Self-employed workers are about 33% of the total.

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Florists Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of florists compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for florists.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Birmingham	$24,000	170
Mobile	$20,000	140
Montgomery	$22,000	90
Huntsville	$20,000	80
Tuscaloosa	$20,000	60
Decatur	$16,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$28,000	70

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$24,000	550
Tucson	$26,000	130

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Little Rock	$25,000	80
Fayetteville	$23,000	60
Fort Smith	$19,000	50

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Santa Ana	$28,000	650
San Diego	$26,000	520
San Francisco	$35,000	390
Sacramento	$29,000	310
Riverside	$26,000	300
San Jose	$38,000	210
Oakland	$38,000	190
Fresno	$24,000	170
Santa Rosa	$30,000	100
Oxnard	$30,000	80
Stockton	$26,000	70
Modesto	$22,000	60
Bakersfield	$29,000	60
Santa Barbara	$48,000	60
Vallejo	$27,000	50
Salinas	$29,000	50
El Centro	$26,000	40
Visalia	$26,000	40
San Luis Obispo	$23,000	40
Redding	$27,000	30
Santa Cruz	$32,000	30
Napa	$27,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$26,000	450
Colorado Springs	$26,000	190
Fort Collins	$22,000	100
Boulder	$29,000	70
Greeley	$22,000	40
Grand Junction	$24,000	30
Pueblo	$25,000	30

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$29,000	260
Bridgeport	$30,000	250
New Haven	$31,000	120
Norwich	$26,000	80
Danbury	$29,000	40

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$26,000	120

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$28,000	730

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$19,000	450
Orlando	$23,000	340
Miami	$26,000	280
Jacksonville	$23,000	270
West Palm Beach	$30,000	200
Fort Lauderdale	$26,000	200
Sarasota	$23,000	130
Pensacola	$23,000	120
Deltona	$24,000	90
Palm Bay	$24,000	90
Naples	$29,000	80
Cape Coral	$27,000	60
Panama City	$21,000	60
Lakeland	$25,000	60
Ocala	$22,000	60
Port St Lucie	$24,000	50
Fort Walton Beach	$23,000	50
Tallahassee	$24,000	50
Sebastian	$27,000	30

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$26,000	490
Augusta	$22,000	90
Valdosta	$20,000	50
Savannah	$22,000	40
Columbus	$21,000	40
Albany	$18,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$26,000	80

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boise	$20,000	170
Idaho Falls	$17,000	80
Pocatello	$19,000	60

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$29,000	1,320
Springfield	$22,000	150
Rockford	$24,000	120
Peoria	$23,000	90
Kankakee	$20,000	40
Champaign	$35,000	30
Decatur	$20,000	30

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$23,000	550
Gary	$24,000	230
Fort Wayne	$19,000	90
Evansville	$21,000	80
South Bend	$23,000	70
Bloomington	$24,000	60
Elkhart	$20,000	40
Lafayette	$19,000	40
Michigan City	$23,000	40
Terre Haute	$21,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Davenport	$22,000	140
Des Moines	$25,000	110
Waterloo	$23,000	70
Cedar Rapids	$23,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Topeka	$20,000	40

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Louisville	$22,000	200
Lexington	$29,000	120
Elizabethtown	$18,000	40
Owensboro	$21,000	30

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New Orleans	$24,000	170
Baton Rouge	$26,000	120
Shreveport	$21,000	110
Lafayette	$23,000	70
Houma	$20,000	50
Lake Charles	$20,000	50
Alexandria	$18,000	30

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$25,000	110

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Baltimore	$28,000	520
Bethesda	$25,000	380
Hagerstown	$21,000	50

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$30,000	790
Springfield	$24,000	220
Worcester	$30,000	150
Haverhill	$31,000	60
Lowell	$28,000	50
Barnstable Town	$28,000	50
Lawrence	$31,000	30

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$26,000	410
Detroit	$27,000	210
Flint	$20,000	140
Grand Rapids	$26,000	130
Holland	$26,000	80
Kalamazoo	$22,000	40
Lansing	$26,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$30,000	400
Duluth	$19,000	100
Rochester	$22,000	60

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$22,000	110
Gulfport	$21,000	30

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$24,000	560
Kansas City	$25,000	480
Jefferson City	$23,000	50
Joplin	$19,000	50
St Joseph	$23,000	40

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$22,000	40

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$25,000	140
Lincoln	$25,000	60

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$32,000	260
Reno	$30,000	100

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$26,000	60
Manchester	$26,000	50

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Edison	$31,000	500
Camden	$26,000	290
Newark	$38,000	250
Trenton	$31,000	50

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$24,000	100

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$29,000	1,830
Nassau	$29,000	870
Buffalo	$25,000	330
Rochester	$24,000	310
Poughkeepsie	$25,000	230
Albany	$26,000	190
Syracuse	$26,000	170
Utica	$22,000	80
Binghamton	$23,000	80
Ithaca	$24,000	50
Kingston	$23,000	50
Glens Falls	$24,000	30

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$24,000	240
Raleigh	$26,000	240
Greensboro	$24,000	190
Asheville	$22,000	120
Durham	$24,000	90
Wilmington	$23,000	80
Winston Salem	$24,000	70
Hickory	$21,000	70
Goldsboro	$16,000	50
Fayetteville	$22,000	40
Jacksonville	$18,000	40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fargo	$23,000	40
Bismarck	$22,000	30
Grand Forks	$25,000	30

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Cleveland	$22,000	470
Cincinnati	$24,000	350
Dayton	$21,000	300
Columbus	$24,000	280
Akron	$20,000	170
Toledo	$21,000	160
Canton	$19,000	120
Youngstown	$21,000	100
Lima	$27,000	50
Mansfield	$21,000	30

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$25,000	220
Tulsa	$21,000	150

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$24,000	360
Salem	$22,000	80
Eugene	$21,000	80
Bend	$23,000	60

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Philadelphia	$26,000	840
Pittsburgh	$23,000	650
Allentown	$27,000	130
Scranton	$27,000	120
Harrisburg	$25,000	110
Lancaster	$24,000	90
York	$22,000	70
Reading	$26,000	40
Erie	$22,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$30,000	260

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Greenville	$23,000	330
Charleston	$24,000	210
Columbia	$19,000	120
Myrtle Beach	$22,000	50
Florence	$22,000	40
Spartanburg	$20,000	30
Anderson	$21,000	30

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$23,000	70
Rapid City	$21,000	50

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$33,000	180
Memphis	$26,000	130
Knoxville	$25,000	110
Chattanooga	$24,000	80
Kingsport	$21,000	80
Johnson City	$21,000	60
Clarksville	$20,000	40
Morristown	$17,000	40

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Houston	$24,000	850
Dallas	$23,000	520
Fort Worth	$23,000	250
San Antonio	$26,000	240
Austin	$25,000	210
Amarillo	$25,000	80
Corpus Christi	$21,000	80
Beaumont	$20,000	80
Abilene	$20,000	70
Lubbock	$20,000	70
Longview	$19,000	60
El Paso	$21,000	50
Tyler	$24,000	50
Killeen	$22,000	50
Wichita Falls	$21,000	40
Waco	$22,000	40
Mcallen	$16,000	40
Texarkana	$19,000	40
San Angelo	$19,000	40
College Station	$22,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Salt Lake City	$27,000	220
Ogden	$21,000	150
Provo	$20,000	80

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$30,000	50

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Virginia Beach	$24,000	250
Richmond	$23,000	230
Roanoke	$22,000	100
Lynchburg	$24,000	70
Blacksburg	$22,000	40
Charlottesville	$24,000	40
Harrisonburg	$23,000	30

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$31,000	590
Spokane	$23,000	130
Tacoma	$30,000	100
Yakima	$25,000	90
Bellingham	$23,000	90
Kennewick	$24,000	50
Bremerton	$25,000	40
Olympia	$32,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$21,000	70
Parkersburg		60
Huntington	$22,000	50
Wheeling	$19,000	40
Weirton	$21,000	30

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$24,000	490
Madison	$32,000	180
Green Bay	$23,000	100
Wausau	$20,000	60
Racine	$24,000	60
Appleton	$24,000	50
La Crosse	$24,000	40
Janesville	$25,000	40
Fond	$26,000	30

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